Michael O’Leary, the devil-may-care head of Ireland-based European budget airline Ryanair: 'On the European Union plan to introduce a carbo- emissions tax on airlines….He began by deriding the notion of global warming, which he blamed on 'environmental loonies' and “a bunch of incompetent European politicians taxing Europe’s consumers so that they can do something about climate change. It would be better to address real issues such as European unemployment by promoting tourism. Instead of trying to solve nonexistent issues like climate change, why don’t you actually get young people in Europe back to work?'